RPC III, 3902

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3902
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Hadrian
Issue Year 253
Dating AD 127/8
Obverse inscription
Obverse design Turreted and veiled head of Tyche right; to left, palm
Reverse inscription ΤΥΡ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΙΕΡ ΑΣ, ΓΝϹ, 𐤋𐤑𐤓
Edition Τύρ(ου) μητροπόλεως ἱερ(ᾶς) ἀσ(ύλου) γνσʹ 𐤋𐤑𐤓
Translation of Tyre, the sacred (and) inviolable metropolis, (year) 253, of Tyre
Reverse design palm tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Average weight 3.57 g
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 2159
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1965.760
2 2     P: Chandon 812A
3 3     NY: 1944.100.73037
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     R. Effler coll.